A study of the Minor Prophets will leave one with a greater reverence and respect for the authorized words of God. As we read these twelve books we are inserted into the lives of those who made the choice to be righteousness and those who chose sin. Those who did not follow God's word were chastised by God as a father would an unruly child. The Lord punished his erring people by way of droughts, pestilence, sword, and famine. The object of the punishment was to cause the people to feel sorrow over their sins and return to the Lord. The Minor Prophets prove Solomon's words about the...